mold making

I don't want to present the illusion that I am a prolific sculptor, constantly creating and reaping the bounties of my artistic font, as that is far from the truth. I am slugging it out with the rest of you (us) in a day to day job with various opportunistic gigs as financial filler. I might have mentioned the building of a foundry as part of my upstate move. Without a venue, a foundry is really a concept, rather, a collection of equipment allowing an individual to cast metal into molds producing statuary. Metal casting was part of my education, but practical application of that learned knowledge involved a lot of reading and experimentation. That said, I take on work as a mold maker and metal caster as a supplement to other labors that pay the bills.

Currently I am making a mold of a female figure made of plastilene, done by Carol Huth in the 1950s. Carol is the aunt of an associate Andy Huth, an artist and photographer. The mold will be stored in my studio until a later date, when the piece will be cast.